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Enable search by layer function - not all string and integer type fields showing in dropdown box menu

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4 weeks ago
range97
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Hi All 

I hope someone can help me out. I am fairly new to ESRI and administrating without support. Most of my experience with ESRI is in the field, using products as a collector, viewing and editing data collected by crews in the field online, and working with an in-house support person as the main administrator. Now, I am on my own and feeling a little lost.

I am setting up a new account for a non-profit organization to identify and monitor individuals of a wildlife species population in a designated geographic area. I am building a collector in Field Maps with multiple layers and correlating forms for collecting data in the field, including photos. The data collected needs to be searchable for specific attributes to re-identify certain individuals, such as color, right side marking, left side marking, etc, that have been collected as fields in the forms. I need to display the collected data and have it searchable on a dashboard and web map. 

I want to preface this next bit of information with the statement that I have thoroughly followed the relevant directions from a different post and reviewed and followed the enterprise article regarding configuring search layers and tables. In the web map search function settings, I see the drop-down for the layer I am currently trying to set up. However, only some of the fields are being displayed for selection. The five relevant fields I would like to have searchable are not there. When I go to the featured layer and look at the data tab, then field tab, and compare the field types I want to have searchable that are not appearing selectable in the drop-down, with the fields that are appearing selectable in the drop-down, I cannot see any differences. When I compare the details of each string and integer fields, I can not see any differences and understand why one would display and the next would not. 

Any help is appreciated! Thank you. 

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RyanUthoff
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Do the fields that are not showing up for you in the drop-down contain a domain (where you select from a list of pre-populated values instead of free-text entry when creating/editing a feature)? If the answer is yes, then it won't show up. For a field to be searchable, it must not contain a domain.

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